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Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi khối 12 năm học 2010-2011

ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
Name : .................................................................... Class.........

I. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three
1. A. socialize B. contact C. background D. formality
2. A. prolong B. contact C. conscious D. common
3. A. African B. Japanese C. partner D. Canada
4. A. signal B. sign C. colleague D. regard
5. A. cloth B. trustworthy C. clothing D. brother
II- GRAMMAR
A. Choose from the four options given marked A, B, C and D one best answer to complete each
sentence.
1. Please…............ favour.
A. do me a B. make me a C. do my D. make my
2. Mrs. Edwards…............. history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. taught D. has been teaching
3. There have been protests from animal right groups about …......... on animals.
A. experience B. experiments C. expiration D. trials
4. Faraday’s accomplishments seem more wonderful when we realize that he had very...........
education.
A. a few B. few C. a little D. little
5. A: “What are the office hours where you work?”
B: “ …............., everyone comes in at eight and leaves at five.”
A. General B. In generally C. In the general D. In general
6. Lots of people…............ Yoga to relax.
A. practice B. take up C. give up D. take in
7. It isn’t quite…........ that he will turn up at the meeting.
A. certain B. exact C. right D. sure
8. After waiting for an hour he realized that the bus was…................ to come.
A. improbable B. impossible C. uncertain D. unlikely
9. …............ being tired, I went for a picnic with my family.
A. That B. Though C. Since D. Despite
10. I would rather ........... nothing than ...........that book.
A . do - to read B. do - read C. doing - reading D. done – read
B. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. John (write)________________ his report last night.
2. After John (wash)_____________ his clothes, he began to study.
3. Tim (go)____________ to France last year.
4. Guillermo (call)_____________ his employer yesterday.
5. Jane sent a letter to his university after she (receive) ___________ her scholarship check.
6. The plane (flip)_________ ten times before it landed on its roof.
7. What you (do)______________ last weekend?










III. READING
A. Read the following passage and fill an appropriate word in each blank.
Fish live almost (1)............... They are found in the near freezing waters of the Artic and in the
steaming (2)................. in the tropic jungles. They live in roaring streams and in quiet (3)..............
rivers. Some fish make long journeys (4)................ the ocean. Others spend most of their life buried in
sand on the ocean (5)................ Most fish can’t (6)............. water; yet some survive for months in
dried -up riverbeds.
Fish have enormous importance (7)............... man. They provide food for millions of people.
Fishermen catch them for sports, and many people (8)............... them as pets. Fish are also important in the balance of nature. They eat plants and animals and in turn, become (9)............. for plants and
animals. Fish thus help keep in (10 ).................. the total number of plants and animals on the earth.